Octopress Online
October 2022

It's October, you're reading the Octopress, so here's an octopus -- our very own Sylvia!

Photo by local PT artist Melissa Bixby - check out her artwork at sacralocean.com

Learn more at JeffCoRepair.com

Questions?

Contact Mandi at mjohnson@ptmsc.org.

Saturday, October 15

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Brinnon Community Center

306144 Hwy 101, Brinnon

Repair Events are free community gatherings in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to help fix their neighbors’ belongings.
For this event, we will have volunteers donating their time to help repair small appliances and electronics, textiles/clothes, tool sharpening, and other household items. Limit of 2 items per person.
If you know the specific part needed to repair your item, we ask that you bring it along. 

More information about the gray whale CRC-1524 can be found at:  

ptmsc.org/graywhale

Every Thursday,
Friday, & Saturday 
through 10/29

1 - 3:30 p.m.

FLAGSHIP LANDING

1001 Water St., downtown Port Townsend

For a limited time, the entire skeleton of CRC-1524, a gray whale that died in 2016, is on view at Flagship Landing in the PTMSC gallery. Volunteers and staff have been preparing the skeleton for articulation.

The skeleton came to PTMSC as a result of a stranding event to which PTMSC responded as part of the NOAA's Marine Mammal Stranding Network, and thanks to NOAA Fisheries, PTMSC is allowed to use the skeleton for educational purposes.

Volunteers will be on hand to share information about these remarkable marine mammals and their lives in the Salish Sea on Thursdays - Saturdays from 1-3:30pm.

Inspire students, visitors, and the whole community to explore, experience, connect with, and take action to protect and steward the unique ecosystems of the Salish Sea.

PTMSC is seeking two Marine Stewardship Educator AmeriCorps Members to join our team dedicated to conserving the Salish Sea. These are full-time, 8 ½ month positions starting December 16, 2022,  ending August 31. These stipend-supported positions are sponsored by the Washington Service Corps AmeriCorps program. These positions are contingent upon funding.

AmeriCorps members will be recruited and interviewed in October & November, 2022. Primary activities shift seasonally, with an emphasis on school programs in the winter/spring and exhibit interpretation and day camps in the summer. 

APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Order your shirts and hoodies your style, your way through our Bonfire store!

We hope you will visit us at both of our locations (Fort Worden and 1001 Water Street).
As always, it’s a good idea to check the website for current hours, unanticipated closures or schedule changes due to the weather or Covid restrictions.

Here’s a quick look at what to expect:

AT FORT WORDEN STATE PARK

The Aquarium, Museum & Gift Shop are open 
Saturday & Sunday, 12 - 5 p.m.

AT FLAGSHIP LANDING BUILDING
1001 Water St., downtown Port Townsend

The Visitor Center & Store are open
Friday, Saturday & Sunday,
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.